Participant Handbook Companion: Practical Life Skills - A workshop for care leavers and those who have recently left care aged 18 to 25 years

Kenya Society of Care Leavers, Changing the Way We Care

This participants handbook has come into being by care leavers for care leavers. It has been developed based on the myriad of challenges shared and experienced by care leavers, hoping with the hope that it will support others leaving care. This handbook contains materials you can use during and after following the training sessions. It contains:

  • The main learning points of each session
  • Activities to do during or after the session
  • Extra reading material by module
  • Additional blank pages for note-taking

Who are the workshops for?

Activities and materials are targeted to young people between 10 to 13 years of age who are

in the process of transitioning out of care and those who have already left care.

Who is the participant handbook designed to be used by?

  • All participants and care leavers attending the life skills sessions.

Your facilitator will help you understand each session, review content from the previous session, and look over your homework. The assignments are designed to help you start practicing the skills gained during the sessions. Please carry this participant handbook every time you attend a life skills session. Your facilitator will help you check your take home assignment during each session. The assignments are designed to help you start practicing the skills that you are learning during the sessions. Please carry this participant handbook every time you attend a life skills session.

Why run workshops with young people?

A behavior change approach is at the core of these life skills sessions with young people, aiming to help young people to develop lifelong reasoning, thinking, analyzing, personal care, and interpersonal skills. This includes self-awareness, problem-solving, learning to negotiate, decision-making, creative thinking, critical thinking, effective communication, interpersonal relationship skills, conflict resolution, empathy, coping with emotions, stress management, money management, raising a family, and running a home. The approach aims to empower and guide care leavers to be competent and confident. The methodologies are interactive, innovative, and fun. Case studies, stories, group discussions, role-plays, and games are all used and can be adapted for each circumstance.

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